Banchory Primary School Nursery
Banchory Primary School Nursery is a nursery in Banchory, with 40 registered places. Care Inspectorate, 21 March 2025: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions.
Banchory Primary School, Arbeadie Road, Banchory, AB31 4EH
Banchory Primary School Nursery is at Banchory Primary School.
Key facts
- Type
- Nursery (Day Care of Children (under 3s); Nursery) (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
- Registered places
- 40 (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
- Provider type
- Local Authority (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
- Registered
- 1 April 2002 (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
Who runs it
Banchory Primary School Nursery is run by Aberdeenshire Council (Care Inspectorate register).
Latest inspection
- Setting: Very good
- Leadership: Good
- Staff team: Good
- Care, play and learning: Very good
Source: Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026, inspection on 21 March 2025, report published 11 April 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Complaints, enforcements and requirements
- 2024-25: requirements: Inspected but no requirements
Source: Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Care Inspectorate grades (Scotland)
The Care Inspectorate grades day care of children against key questions such as care, play and learning; setting; staff team; and leadership. Each is graded on a six-point scale: 6 Excellent, 5 Very good, 4 Good, 3 Adequate, 2 Weak, 1 Unsatisfactory.
Not every key question is graded at every inspection, so two settings may show different questions.
Source: Care Inspectorate
Funded early learning and childcare in Scotland
3 to 5 year olds can get up to 1,140 hours of funded early learning and childcare a year. That is around 30 hours a week if used only in school term time, or around 22 hours a week if used all year.
Some 2 year olds can get funded early learning and childcare too.
Source: mygov.scot: Funded early learning and childcare (checked 31 October 2026)
Other nurseries nearby
- Thrive Banchory Riverview - Nursery, Banchory AB31 5YJ, 54 places, 0.4 milesCare Inspectorate, 5 November 2025: Good in 4 key questions
- Hill of Banchory School Nursery - Nursery, Banchory AB31 5ZT, 60 places, 0.6 milesCare Inspectorate, 18 January 2023: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions
- Woodlands Nursery - Nursery, Aberdeenshire AB31 5NN, 81 places, 0.9 milesCare Inspectorate, 27 September 2023: Very good in 3 key questions, Good in 1 key question
Schools nearby
- Banchory Primary School - Primary, under 0.1 miles
- Banchory Academy - Secondary, 0.2 miles
- Hill of Banchory School - Primary, 0.6 miles
Banchory Primary School Nursery on the Care Inspectorate website